Weeping doll.



G. I. HOEFLER.

WEEPING DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED nic. 29. IaIs.

Patented J une 4, 1918.

INVENTOR A'yecfger ATTORNEY WITNESSES GEORGE JOHN HOEFLER, 0F STAPLETON,NEW YORK.

'WEEPING DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 29, 1916. Serial No. 139,586.

To all whom it may concern.'

Befit known that I, GEoRGE J. Honrmn, a citlzen of the United States,residing at Stapleton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Weeping Dolls, of which thefollowing is a speciicatlon. This invention relates to dolls.

The principalobject of the invention is to construct the doll capable ofdischarging' water in small quantities from apertures provided in theeyes, for the purpose of simulating tears, so as to give to the doll theappearance of a crying child.

Another object of the invention is to construct a doll of the 'abovedescription in which the discharge of the water from the eyes may becontrolled so that it may be caused to imitate the crying of a child atany desired time, it not being necessary to place the doll in anyparticular position for the accomplishment of this object.

A further object is to Iprovide a doll in which the reservoir, vwhenemptied, may be refilled to permit the continued use of the doll for thepurpose for which it is intended.

With the above objects in view the invention Aconsists in the novelconstruction set forth in the following description and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a front view of a doll constructed in accordance with theinvention and illustrating the appearance of the doll when in the act ofweepin Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the upper tion of the doll 5 andFig:i 3 is a sectional view through the head detac ed from the body.

Referring to the drawin doll comprises the usual bo sired form and head11 may) be attached, the said head be- 1ng prefera ly formed separatefrom the body and secured thereto y any approved means. The head 11. isformed hollow for the purpose of providing a reservoir 12, capa le ofholding the water to be discharged therefrom in a manner hereinafterdescribed. The neck 13, which is connected to the head is provided withan opening 14, and this opening is closed by a stopper 15v of cork,rubber or other suitable material.

in detail the y 10 of any deconstruction, to which theD Carried by thestopper 15 isa tube 16 by means of which water may be introduced intothe head. This tube is preferably made of rubber, one end of whichextends slightly Within the reservoir 12 provided in the head, and itsopposite end is provided with a stopper 17 to prevent the water fromflowing backward through the tube. The eyes 18 of the doll are formedadjacent the nose with apertures 19 to permit the discharge ofthe waterfrom the reservoir therethrough in small quantities, in a manner toimitate the weeping or crying of a child,

The Vwater is supplied to the reservoir by attaching a small syringe orbulb to the end of the tube 16, the stopper 17 having first beenremoved. When a sufficient quantity of water is within the reservoir, apressure upon the tube 16 will cause the water within the reservoir tobe agitated and forced through the apertures 19 in the eyes in smallquantities, giving the appearance of crying as illustrated 1n Fig. l ofthe drawing. The doll ma be held in an upright position and the a oveeffect produced as will be readily understood.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A doll having a hollow head to provide a reservoir and havingopenings in the face and neck portions thereof, a closure for theopening in the neck portion, means for introduclng water into said headand means for causing water to be discharged through the said faceopenings.

2. A doll having a hollow head to provide a reservoir and havingopenings in the face and neck portion thereof, a closure for the openingin the neck portion and a tube ca rlieddby said closure and extendinginto sald ea i 3. A doll having a hollow head adapted to form areservoir for the reception of water,.said head having openings thereinand provided with an open neck portion, a closure for said neck portion,and a com'- pressible tube located within an opening formed in saidclosure and connecting with said reservoir, whereby to agitate the waterin the reservoir and cause it to be discharged through the headopenings.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE JOHN HGEFLER.

Patented June d, 1918..

